Gavin Lucas is a writer at CoinGeek specializing in blockchain, digital assets, payments, fintech and emerging technologies. His work examines both the technologies themselves and their wider economic and commercial implications, with particular interests in Bitcoin, stablecoins, digital payments, blockchain scalability, regulation, Web3 and the growing intersection between digital currencies and established industries.

During his time at CoinGeek, Gavin has written extensively about the development of blockchain technology and digital currency markets, covering everything from technical infrastructure and regulation to payments, financial institutions and real-world adoption. His reporting and analysis have followed the evolution of the sector as blockchain moved from an experimental technology into an increasingly important part of global finance and digital infrastructure.

Payments and digital money, including CBDCs, are recurring themes in his work. His CoinGeek writing has explored the evolution of stablecoins, their regulatory environment, the challenges created by fragmented blockchain infrastructure and their potential role in an internet-native economy. His work on the subject includes “Stablecoins hot now: Here’s all the news you need to know,” “The stablecoin Tower of Babel—why fragmentation is fatal,” and “Unraveling how stablecoins power the next Internet economy.” Across the series, he has examined stablecoins from financial, regulatory, technical and payments perspectives.

Gavin has also appeared on the CoinGeek live stream with Kurt Wuckert Jr., discussing blockchain, Bitcoin and developments across the digital currency industry. These conversations can be viewed on CoinGeek’s YouTube channel here and here.

Gavin spent around a decade living in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and the Philippines, and visits the region regularly. That experience gave him first-hand exposure to markets where remittances, mobile payments, financial inclusion and cross-border money movement are everyday economic realities. It has informed his interest in how blockchain, stablecoins, micropayments and other digital payment technologies can reduce friction and reshape financial infrastructure in emerging and international markets.

Outside journalism, Gavin has more than a decade of experience in digital publishing, search engine optimization and content strategy. He founded Cobra Media in 2017, working across digital publishing, SEO and content in sectors including blockchain, iGaming and emerging technology. This combination of reporting and hands-on publishing experience has given him a practical perspective on how technologies such as blockchain, digital currencies, micropayments, and cryptographic verification can solve some of the big challenges facing digital entrepreneurs and publishers as AI reshapes the economy.

His experience in iGaming and online publishing also gives him insight into industries where digital currencies, frictionless payments, regulation and consumer technology frequently intersect. He has followed the adoption of new payment technologies across international online markets and writes about the broader implications of blockchain-based financial infrastructure as it moves into mainstream commercial use.

Based in the United Kingdom, Gavin writes for an international audience and has worked across digital media for more than a decade. He can also be found on LinkedIn and X, where he discusses digital publishing, blockchain, digital currency, technology and related industry developments.

Latest Articles by Gavin Lucas

More and more countries are banning digital currencies—which ones and why?
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6 January, 2022

More and more countries are banning digital currencies—which ones and why?

The Library of Congress report shows that the number of countries that banned digital currencies has doubled in three years;...
SEC latest hire means 2022 will be year of regulations for digital currencies—Who is it?
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4 January, 2022

SEC latest hire means 2022 will be year of regulations for digital currencies—Who is it?

US SEC Chairman Gary Gensler hired Corey Frayer to oversee “policymaking and interagency work relating to the oversight of crypto...
The biggest digital currency hacks in 2021
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31 December, 2021

The biggest digital currency hacks in 2021

"Bring down the banks" has become a mantra in some corners of the industry, but what few talk about is...
Why transaction volume matters
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28 December, 2021

Why transaction volume matters

Once again, we're seeing a massive surge in on-chain transactions on BSV, which just surpassed 3 million transactions this week,...
How much BTC has US government seized, and what does it do with it?
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28 December, 2021

How much BTC has US government seized, and what does it do with it?

As it turns out, the U.S. government is terrible at deciding when to sell and has squandered many opportunities related...
BSV daily transactions surpass other chains
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20 December, 2021

BSV daily transactions surpass other chains

As app development on the BSV blockchain proceeds at a breakneck pace, the number of on-chain transactions will increase, and...